Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 00:14:45 +0300 (EEST)
From: Henri Bergius <Henri.Bergius@iki.fi>
Subject: Midgard 1.4-beta3 released
To: midgard@greywolves.org, lwn@lwn.net, marty@linuxtoday.com,

The third beta release for 1.4 series of Midgard is now
available for download from The Midgard Project's Web site.
This new test version builds up on the successful 1.2.6-beta2
release by adding another load of frequently requested new
features. It is also another step in the way for creating
a new stable version of Midgard to replace the 1.2.5 
distribution released in November 1999.

We hope that Midgard 1.4-beta3 will be useful for your 
needs and are waiting your responses in any cases, be 
it either success stories or bug notifications, or feature 
requests. Midgard is our common world of Open Software, 
let's build it together! 

Changes in this release:

-SiteGroup virtual database environment enables multiple
 non-related sites to be served from a single Midgard
 database without being able to access the resources of
 other sites. This makes Midgard much more attractive
 choice for ISPs and hosting providers

-Calendaring support enables group calendars and other
 event-related systems to be developed on Midgard

-More generalized database format for accommodating
 larger number of records in a single database. Also,
 this should make porting Midgard to other databases
 much easier

-OOP-friendly additions to Midgard data handling. 
 Developers should now be able to create applications
 that modify contents of the Midgard database more
 easily

-Admin site has been enhanced and contains many
 bug and usability fixes, especially to content
 and layout management

-The copyrights of the Midgard core libraries are
 now managed by The Midgard Project Ry, a nonprofit
 organization founded in Helsinki, Finland

See the Release Notes contained in the distribution
for more information.

Please post any comments or questions about this 
release to the Midgard mailing list (midgard@greywolves.org).

Thanks to Alexander Bokovoy, Emiliano Heyns, David
Guerizec and all others for working on this release! 

Release Notes:
	http://www.midgard-project.org/article/1677.html

Source tarballs:
	http://www.midgard-project.org/article/1675.html

Red Hat Source RPMs:
	http://www.midgard-project.org/article/1676.html


On behalf of The Midgard Project Ry,
 Henri Bergius

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